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Always a good thing to start off with an easy day, good day brute hope the neck is better!

Thanks Tank & MAB. Neck is feeling great! 100% ROM is back and only a slight bit of pain/ stiffness. I'll be back in full swing next week, but I think I may knock 10-20% of my top end sets for the first full week back. I'll play it by ear and see how it feels in the morning.

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Originally Posted by Kuytrider

"You talking to me?"
Nice style, you really look like a lifter to be honest but most importantly, you lift like one. Good work

Thanks Kuyt Glad you like the new style; I'm hoping it adds at least 25 pounds to each of my lifts.

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Originally Posted by BendtheBar

Good to see you back at it Brutezilla.

Going to keep that summer beard?

Thanks BtB! I'm glad to be back under the bar, 5 days off felt like an eternity. I'm planning on keeping the beard at least until the summer humidity starts, and then I may bring it down to a goatee.

Went for a relatively short hike, only about an hour, yesterday through Giant City state park. Beautiful area. Took the dog and we sprinted the hills and stairs, so we were both pretty worn out by the end of it.

Went for a relatively short hike, only about an hour, yesterday through Giant City state park. Beautiful area. Took the dog and we sprinted the hills and stairs, so we were both pretty worn out by the end of it.

Neck it feeling 99% now. Squats and bench in an hour or two.

Have a good session. Took a long, leisurely hike myself yesterday. Surprisingly no leg soreness today.

Bench notes: several things I noticed.
1. The benches are very narrow, and if I'm not careful, I end up with one shoulderblade hanging off the sides
2. I can get uneven on how far I bring the bar down, right side goes lower than left if I'm not careful
3. Its a constant battle not to let my elbows flare out

Rows
45 x 10
95 x 5
135 x 5
155 x 5
175 x 5 - beginning to stress my back a little, so stopped for today. Thinking I may do a heavy row and a reps row on different days

Bench notes: several things I noticed.
1. The benches are very narrow, and if I'm not careful, I end up with one shoulderblade hanging off the sides
2. I can get uneven on how far I bring the bar down, right side goes lower than left if I'm not careful
3. Its a constant battle not to let my elbows flare out

Neck felt pretty good throughout. The DB rows were a little uncomfortable, so I stopped with those quickly. High bar squats seemed to do a pretty good job of sitting directly on the place where the muscle knots up, neck is feeling better now than it did earlier this morning.

Really wanted to do DB snatches, but thats too much stress on the neck/traps right now, maybe in a couple weeks.

Another thing, as long as I'm thinking about it, is my squat for reps has gone to hell; I need to make sure I work on those more frequently. I've been slacking on them since they come after my heavy bench day, but for the next 12 weeks I have no excuses since school won't be butting up against my lifting time.